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Warren Zevon: Hollywood's Prince of Darkness

Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 28 February 1981

I SHOULD'VE known better with an excitable boy like him. "You misjudge my sense of humour," said Warren Zevon, carefully disarming me of my .44 Magnum, unlocking the chamber and stuffing a paper towel through same before putting the weapon to rest in a drawer.

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